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15. What keeps mankind alive? Answer the question with reference to the actions of characters in The Threepenny Opera.
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15. What keeps mankind alive? Answer the question with reference to the actions of characters in The Threepenny Opera. In The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht, through the writing of the song "Second Threepenny Finale What Keeps Mankind Alive" in Scene Six, gives us the idea that "mankind is kept alive by bestial acts (page 55, line number 18). In my opinion, although the idea to associate human beings with beasts, or more specifically, human behaviour with "bestial acts" looks peculiar, some characters, in their pursuit of desires and wants, do reflect an inhuman nature, which makes them 'beast-like'. In the play, we can see the constant, uncontrollable longing of "food" (page 55 number 9) of some characters. In my opinion, what the lyricist refers as "food" here is not the physical substance for eating or drinking, but instead things that one mostly desires. Throughout the play, we can see from the example...
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